For The Kudos

Q&A Session Forty-One - It’s All About The Shoes with Mitch Lorkin

In this week’s Q&A Dave chats with shoe dog, Mitch Lorkin from The Running Company: Albert Park. The pair dissect some of the key questions considered when picking the right running shoe, some of the anatomy around why different shoes suit different people, and why some shoes help more with certain injuries. The pair also discuss shoe trends and some of the big leaps in shoe technology in the past 6 years, and its impact on performance and foot health. They then turn attention away from the consumer side of things, and chat about how shoe companies evolve their product year-to-year, and what some of the new players in the specialty running scene are doing to fill gaps in the market.
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Abbey Caldwell Part Two - #47

Episode 47 kicks off with a discussion about the recent doping scandal that hit the world of distance running last week. After sharing their opinions, the conversation moves to brighter topics with a quick recap of the Brisbane Track Classic and some successes during both Joel and Brett's respective training weeks. Listeners hear part two of the Abbey Caldwell interview before the episode closes out with TWHSOITWTWATSA.
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Q&A Session Forty - Movement Patterns with Physiotherapist Carel Wildenboer

Joel returns to hosting duties for our fortieth Q&A Session. In this episode Joel sits down with physiotherapist and movement expert Carel Wildenboer from The Activation Clinic to get a better understanding of his alternative approach. We hear how Carel identifies compensation movement patterns in his clients, and learn his process to change these, allowing clients to move better, breathe easier and perform optimally with reduced injury risk. Joel shares his personal experience working with Carel as the pair discuss the important relationship between the physical body and the mind. 
 
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What happens at The Activation Clinic?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO5rB019EGI
Breathing activations you can try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nbSiA4kbmI
 

Abbey Caldwell Part One - #46

Episode #46 is brought to you by Sydney Marathon:Brett & Joel sit down with one of Australia's biggest middle distance talents, Abbey Caldwell. After being controversially left off the World Championship 1500m team in Oregon last year, Abbey fought her way to a Commonwealth Games bronze medal in the same event just a few weeks later. We hear about Abbey's humble beginnings in the sport, her transition into high-performance and what a typical training week looks like. The interview will be released in two parts. In regular programming, Brett cracks 200kms for the week and Joel proves that last week's 100+ kms wasn't just a fluke.
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Q&A Session Thirty-Nine: Organising International Competitions with Meet Director Samantha Culbert

In this week’s Q&A, Dave McNeill survives another week in the hosting chair, and is back this week talking to Samantha Culbert - the meet director of the very successful Maurie Plant Track Meet, held 3 weeks ago. The pair discuss what goes into putting on a world class track meet, how you get International stars like Fred Kerley and Emma Coburn to the start lines, and where the money comes from, and where the money goes in such big meets. Samantha also reflects on the inspiration for the meet - Maurie Plant, and how they hope to go even bigger next year in his honour.
 
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For The Kudos - #45

Episode #45 is brought to you by Sydney Marathon:Things kicks off with a quick recap of the past weekend's Sydney Track Classic before sharing the goss on Brett and Joel's catch-up with Fraser Darcy, resident contributor to The Blue Line. Despite Brett's best efforts to double Joel's mileage this week, Joel completed what most thought impossible and hit triple digits! Brett laid down another massive week with his regular training partners being replaced by some handlebars, peddles and two wheels. The episode wraps up with what Brett & Joel claim to be the best TWHSOITWTWATSA segment yet!
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Q&A Session Thirty-Eight: Running Pain Special with Physiotherapist Simon Holt

In this week’s Q&A, Dave McNeill takes on his first hosting duties. He brings his former physio and boss, Simon Holt from LivFit Physio Kew, into the FTK studio to talk about pain. The boys talk about what pain is, different types of pain, and the take homes and implications for runners: what different types of pain indicate, what it means when something hurts at the start vs the end of a run, the difference between DOMS and injury pain, and when to seek help from a health professional.
 
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Simon's Physio Clinic: https://livfitphysio.com.au/

For The Kudos - #44

Episode #44 is brought to you by Sydney Marathon:Things kick off with a review of the Pulse Running 5000m night of racing before Brett & Joel reveal who will be taking over the next few Q&A Sessions. Brett banks one of his biggest training weeks of the past few months, despite being forced onto the gravel for his marathon workout. Joel lays down another good week but is still yet to break triple digits in mileage. A friendly reminder that the clock is ticking for the TRAIN WITH FTK competition so keep sending those entries in.
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Q&A Session Thirty-Seven: Dave McNeill Part Two

Everyone's favourite Dave McNeill is back for Part Two of his deep chat with Joel. The pair cover a plethora of interesting topics surrounding pain management, emotions and returning from injury.
 
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Wayne Larden - #43

Episode #43 is brought to you by Sydney Marathon:In this episode Brett & Joel speak with Race Director Wayne Larden to talk all things Sydney Marathon. Wayne takes us though the candidacy program in detail as Sydney Marathon strives towards becoming an Abbott World Marathon Major. We hear about some exciting changes to the race in 2023 and remind our listeners to keep sending in their "Train With FTK" applications. In regular FTK programming Joel begins to build momentum in his running and Brett finds out the reason for his recent fatigue in training.
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